Pellet Fuel
What is Pellet Fuel?
Pellet fuel is a renewable, clean-burning
and cost stable home
heating alternative currently used throughout North America.
It is a biomass product made of renewable substances - generally
recycled wood waste. There are currently more than 600,000 homes
in North American using wood pellets for heat, in freestanding stoves,
fireplace inserts and even furnaces. Pellet fuel for heating can also
be found in such large-scale environments as schools and prisons.
North American pellets are produced in manufacturing facilities in
Canada and the United States, and are available for purchase right
here at Burn Time Enterprises in clean, easy to handle 40 lb bags
and by the ton!
One bag of pellet fuel equals 2.5 gallons of oil, or one ton equals 1½ cords of wood!
Burning The Fuel
Pellet fuel for home heating can be burned in a freestanding pellet stove,
fireplace insert or a furnace. A pellet stove looks much like a wood stove,
but is automated. Heating a home with pellet fuel requires only the ability
to add pellets into a hopper, set the desired heat output and provide necessary
appliance maintenance, such as cleaning out an ash pan. All other aspects of the
heating process occur automatically. Pellet stoves and fireplace inserts come
in a wide range of styles, sizes and finishes.
- Wood pellets give you the look of a "real wood" fire without the cleaning and
maintenance hassles of a standard wood stove
- Pellet stoves today have efficiency ratings of around 80-85%
- Pellet stoves are easy to clean. A 40 pound bag of pellets produces only 3 ounces of ash
- Made of 100% sawdust that would otherwise be destined for our landfills
- Most pellet stoves can burn a day or more without being filled or
otherwise attended. furnaces and boilers may have bulk feed options
- Because of the near total combustion (around 98.5%), pellet stoves produce
virtually no creosote. This also allows installation of a pellet stove without a chimney
- Pellet fuel contains very small amounts of sulfur or other noxious
elements as are contained in non-renewable coal and petroleum resources
For more information about pellet stoves or fireplace inserts,
download a copy
of the Pellet Stove fact sheet (PDF).
Hours
Our warehouse hours are: M-F 8-4:30 and Sat. 7-1.
Our office hours are Monday - Friday, 9am -3pm.
Suffield Location
The Suffield Facility is open the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month from 8-12
We Deliver!
Our courteous professionals will deliver your pellets on the driveway,
on your patio (if paved or concrete), or in your garage.
To schedule a delivery please call 860-589-3558 or use our contact page
Anthracite Coal
Quality, Convenient, Economical, Environmentally Sound
Anthracite's low sulfur and high carbon content makes it an
extremely clean-burning fuel. It produces virtually no smoke or
polluting emissions, and is a good alternative to wood stoves where wood burning is
restricted due to air pollution problems.
Find out more! >>
Softwood: The Misunderstood Pellet
Softwood pellets have been getting a bad rap because of
incorrect information given to the customers. Many people
think because it is a softwood that it will burn faster.
This is not true. It does burn hotter so you would need to
regulate your settings then sit back and enjoy the warmth the
pellets put out. Wood pellets, whether hard or soft have almost
the same density therefore will have similar burn times and
will produce a much lighter and fluffier ash. Softwood pellets
also have the added benefit of clean burning resins that
ignite for the higher BTU value.
Find out more >>
Pressed Brick Fuel
Your environmentally conscious, economical solution to winter heating
Did you know that
a typical New England house burning fuel oil generates 5 tons of
new green house gas per year?
One ton of our Heat Smart bricks brings as much heat into your house as
one cord of wood! Like Wood Pellets,
Heat Smart is cheaper than fuel oil, less polluting and greenhouse
gas neutral, recycling the C02 that the tree absorbed in its life.
Learn more about Pressed Brick Fuel >>
Note: BT Enterprises does not recommend one brand over another. As much as we would like to help our customers
in the decision process of choosing a pellet each brand may perform differently from one stove to another
and each pellet user has there own opinion and preference.
We strongly recommend that you try different
brands before buying bulk. Pellets are backed by their manufacturer therefore BT Enterprises will only
replace pellets when verified by manufacturer that there an issue with that product. They will not be
replaced until the manufacturer has authorized this.
